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Mike Reddy
One option to consider is access/dissemination. I have been experimenting with SuperCoolSchool.com for video based, screen capture recording of classes, which has worked really well. It’s based on Adobe Connection Pro.
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Kishan Patel <kish...@gmail.com> Mar 06 10:31PM +0530 ^
We don't have much time before the application deadline so please throw up
ideas and let's try our best to get slots!
Thanks,
Kishan
Pasquale Barilla <pat.b...@gmail.com> Mar 07 02:05PM +1100 ^
Going through the application guidelines (and the questions GSOC ask), it
looks like we have alot of work to do. It is possible, though.
As far as i can tell, the few things we need to decide on are:
1. Mentors (who will they be?)
2. Ideas (what is most valuable to us right now)
3. Community (we need to have IRC, an ideas page, more active mailing list,
etc)
Mentors:
Our choice of mentors should really be based on our ideas. If our ideas are
based on ASM, then someone like Don Miller is the obvious choice. However,
we need to decide as a group on our final list of ideas and then we can
properly decide on the appropiate mentor.
Ideas:
I can see a few criteria for the ideas. Realistically, the odds of someone
wanting to participate who knows ASM is slim. Therefore, I believe the ideas
should then be relating to tools that will help us in other areas. Perhaps
an IDE (although the NESICIDE handles that pretty well), a graphics tool, or
something akin to a "game maker" (simple drag and drop interface,
etc).
There was a mario bros 3 rom hacking tool, i think its called "smb3
workshop" (http://hukka.furtopia.org/projects/m3ed/)
, where you could drag
and drop platforms, enemies, coins, etc. You could also edit every part of
the graphics data, sound data, text and everything (funny note about the
text, SMB3 doesnt have every letter of the alphabet included, as some
letters [H, for example] are never used!)
The idea of being able to recycle code is especially important to us. If we
can make a tool that allows *anyone *to drag and drop elements into a
playfield (each element has rules, of course) then the sky is the limit.
Being able to drop in your own graphics (or edit existing graphics) would
mean that one game you could have a desert scene, but then changing a few
sprites would turn it into a mechanical scene. It also means that anyone can
make games for the famiclone (well, potentially), and suddenly Playpower
becomes a big part of the 8-bit community.
We do need a few ideas for the students to choose from, with varying levels
of complexity. The idea i mentioned above is more on the extreme end.
Community:
We need IRC. We need a blog. We need more activity. Currently, I dont know
if the project is active or not. If i was someone new, and i looked at the
blog and saw that it has been nearly a year since the last update, i would
be concerned.
Hope this helps. If you need help writing the proposals etc, hit me up.
-Pat
Pasquale Barilla <pat.b...@gmail.com> Mar 07 02:39PM +1100 ^
I'd be okay with that. My skype id is "pasquale.barilla1". I can make
myself
available any time, just give me some warning (since im on the other side of
the world, hehe).
I think if we just use the sample questions from GSOC it would be okay:
(
http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs
)
*2. What should a mentoring organization application look like?*
*In addition to anything else your organization would like to submit as an
application, Google will be asking (at least) the following questions as
part of the application process:*
1. *Describe your organization.*
2. *Why is your organization applying to participate in Google Summer of
Code 2011? What do you hope to gain by participating?*
3. *Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If
so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of
your participation.*
4. *If your organization has not previously participated in Google Summer
of Code, have you applied in the past? If so, for what year(s)?*
5. *What license(s) does your project use?*
6. *What is the URL for your Ideas page?*
7. *What is the main development mailing list for your organization?*
8. *What is the main IRC channel for your organization?*
9. *Does your organization have an application template you would like to
see students use? If so, please provide it now.*
10. *Who will be your backup organization administrator?*
11. *What criteria did you use to select these individuals as mentors?
Please be as specific as possible.*
12. *What is your plan for dealing with disappearing students?*
13. *What is your plan for dealing with disappearing mentors?*
14. *What steps will you take to encourage students to interact with your
project's community before, during and after the program?*
15. *What will you do to ensure that your accepted students stick with
the project after Google Summer of Code concludes?*
-Pat
Don Miller <d...@no-carrier.com> Mar 07 12:06AM -0500 ^
I can Skype tomorrow night.
On Mar 6, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Dixie Ching wrote:
Dixie Ching <dixie...@gmail.com> Mar 06 10:30PM -0500 ^
Ok, I think I'm on the same pg as you guys now. Perhaps a Skype call is the
best way to go since the deadline is around the corner... Ideally Kishan, Pat,
Derek & Don could all be on... What's everyone's availability like tonight
and tomorrow night?
(and if you're solving this offline, great! Just let me know if you need my
organizing assistance!)
di...@nyu.edu | 510.859.3376
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